Dive Gear, Log Book, Cameras and Misc. - June 2004

Logbook Pages

Ed's Dive Log Here are the hard numbers from dive log. Specifics about each dive are in the write-up above, with only brief comments here for reference. And except for Town Pier, we never repeated a single dive from our first trip in March 2001 - not by accident!

Ed's Dive Log - Bonaire June 2004

Dive    Location           Depth  Time  Comments
Number                     (FSW)  (min) 
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  1     Eighteen Palms      56     56   Checkout dive, Eagle Ray
  2     Joanne's Sunchi     44     59   Damselfish fighting over a crab
  3     Eighteen Palms      42     40   Squid, Rock Beauties, Movie 
  4     Margate Bay         50     61   Long boat ride, Margate, Snapper
  5     The Lake            50     53   "Lakes", Eel, Grouper, Long swim
  6     Salt Pier           38     53   French Angels, Drum, Chain Moray
  7     Town Pier (night)   39     62   Frogfish, Seahorses, Tarpon
  8     South Bay           46     56   Groupers, Seahorse, Schoolmasters
  9     Eighteen Palms      48     60   Flounders, Porcupinefish, Eels
 10     Karpata (boat)      48     62   Yellowtail Damselfish, Anchor, Video
 11     Salt Pier           50     63   Powerboat, Sharptail Eel, Squid
 12     Eighteen Palms      40     48   Grouper Cleaning Station, Scorpionfish
 13     Captain Don's Reef  57     62   Frogfish, Coral killers, "drift" dive
 14     Alice in Wonderland 49     58   Flounder, Drum, Octopus hiding    
 15     Eighteen Palms      43     49   Lengthy search for Frogfish, few pics
 16     Cliff (night boat)  47     60   2 Frogfish, Eel, Urchins, interview
 17     Small Wall          62     62   Wall, Stingray, Grotto, Drum, tips
 

Camera Gear

Camera and Gear

A list of the gear that we used on the dive trip.

Ed's Gear		Beth's Gear
Nikon N90s, Ikelite SLR Housing, Ike SS100a Substrobe		Olympus Camedia C4000, Ikelite Olympus Housing, Ike DS125a Substrobe
Apeks TX100 Regulator		Apeks ATX200 Regulator
Suuntu Cobra Nitrox-Capable Dive Computer		Suuntu Vyper Nitrox-Capable Dive Computer
Oceanic Data Plus Dive Computer (shared backup)		Oceanic Data Plus Dive Computer (shared backup)
Seaquest QD Pro BCD		Seaquest Diva LX BCD
Apollo Bio-Pro Fins		TUSA X-Pert Zoom Fins

About the Photography:

We are not professional photographers and really are still newbies (although improving). Certainly doing a lot better than any previous trip I've ever had, though digital photography (a Nikon D-70) is in my future! But if you want to see truly spectacular photos check out Dave Read's Page!

That being said, I think I'm becoming pretty good with the N90s/SLR, and Beth has already done some really impressive work with her first foray into digital U/W photography. And we're more than willing to put in the "hard hours" on dive trips to improve our skills!

So that's the trip! Coming soon, our August 2004 Flower Gardens trip!